The Evidence for Neurosurgery, edited by Ghogawala and colleagues, is a superb review of the clinical studies up to 2010, to support decision-making for common neurosurgical procedures. It is an essential compilation, review, and astute critique that is highly recommended to all neurosurgery residents, neurologists, and practitioners with patients facing the decision to undergo some type of neurosurgical operation. It will delectate any neurosurgeon who wants to revise his or her practice patterns and greatly help any practitioner who has to decide what to offer to patients considered for 1) spine surgery for radiculopathy or myelopathy, 2) functional neurosurgery for pain, psychiatric, or movement disorders, 3) lesionectomy for epilepsy or neoplasm, 4) cerebrovascular surgery to avoid an intracranial hemorrhage, or 5) decompressive rescue, as victims of brain or spine trauma.
Original Article: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/short/81/16/1477?rss=1
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